Education for justice: Experiences and prospects for further internationalization

Abstract

This chapter discusses the internationalization of criminal justice education in the United States, highlighting the experiences of John Jay College of Criminal Justice of the City University of New York (USA), a leader in international criminal justice education. Since 2001, it has offered an undergraduate degree in international criminal justice, and since 2010, a Master of Arts in International Crime and Justice. Both programs are unique in the United States and among very few in the world. This chapter discusses the development of the most recent program, the Master of Arts program: its curriculum, faculty, the students it attracts and graduates, and the prospects of these programs for the future. The chapter then moves on to discuss international curricular initiatives in women, crime and criminal justice. It ends with a discussion of why and how nations around the world might encourage similar curricular development, and how the work of intergovernmental organizations such as the United Nations might contribute to such developments as well as benefit from them.